Clutch.



L. A. GASGRAIN.

CLUTCH. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22 1009 1,004,240. Patented Sept. 26, 1911'.

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L. A. CASGRAIN.

CLUTCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1909.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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I VWT/VESSESL M flfi UNITED tPlTATES PATENT OFFICE LOUISA. OASGRAIN, 01? BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CLUTCH.

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Original application filed September 12, 1908, Serial No. 452,755,

Serial No. 484,925.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911..

Divided and this application filed March inga indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to clutches and particularly to clutches of the type frequently referred to as the Horton clutch A clutch of this type is disclosed in the United States patent to Horton, No. 260,394, July 4, 1882, and to this patent reference may be had for an understanding 0!? the'gcncral principles of operation of this type of: clutches.

Itwill be noted upon an inspection of the patent. above referred, to that the roller clutch therein disclosed is constructed and arranged to effect a clutching ot the driving member and driven member at any angle of rotation of the driving incn'tber. lu moat machines in which clutches are cm ploved this clutching operation is desirable. It, will be observed, however, that a clutch of this kind could not be cmplo vcd to connect a driving member and a driven member which must be connected at a particular angle of rotation oi the driving member, and so far as I am aware clu'u; in, which employ the principle of operation ol the clutch disclosed in the patent above re fort-ed. to have not been eu'iploycd for the purpose of connectin parts where the driven member inuat be connected to the driving i'ncniber at a particular angle of rt 'taticn of the latter.

An object oi the present invention, there fore, is so to improve the construction and operation of clutches which wo k upon the l'lorton clutch principle that such clutt-hc-s may be used to etl'cot a connection between a driving member and :1 driven member at a particula angle of rotation of the former, whereby the many advantages which attend the use of clutches ol this type may be obtained in machines where such connection of the driving member and the driven member is essential. or desirable.

Another object. of the invention is to pro vide a clutch of the Horton clutch type which may be employed to connect a driven member to a driving member, which is itself driven from a second or main driving member, in such manner that the driven member may be clutched to its driving member; at a particular angle of rotation of the Second or main driving member.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clutch which will climb the just dcscribed connection when the driving member to which the drlven member is to be clutched connected to the second or mam dr ving member in such manner that it is driven at a substantially reduced epecd.

Other objects of the invention are the provision of means associated with the clutch for preventing a movement of the driven member with reapcct to the driving member in the direction of movement of the latter and the provision oi novel clutch tripping means whereby a single movement of said means in either direction may serve, to cll'cct a clutching of the driven member to the driving member for a prcdctcrinincdamount of movement and an automatic unclutchiug of said members at the end ol said moveincnt.

Still other objects will be apparent from a concidmration ol' the following description and claims in connection with the accom partying drawings, in Which,-

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of a machine for inserting fastcnings having; associated with it the clutch of tho presentinvcnliou; Fig. 2 is a detail elevation, partly in, sccl'ir'm, ol the clutch and the aahociatcd cams through which actuation of varioua parts of the nuu-hinc for inserting 'l'uslcnings ie cll'cctcd; Fig. b is a plan view, partly in section, of the parts -shown in Fig. 2, and,

plication is a division. In the machine of said .co-pending application the main shaft 14 to which various elements of the inserting mechanism are constantly connected is constantly rotated by suitable connections from a source of power to a driving pulley 16, fixed thereon. Mounted in the machine head and lying transverse to the main shaft 14 a second shaft 114 geared to the main shaft 14 to rotate at a reduced speed, said shaft 114 being arranged in the machine of said co-pending application to rotate once for each six rotations of the shaft 14. Both the shaft 14 and the shaft 114 are normally rotated, the connection between the shaft 114 and the shaft 14 being constant. Besides those parts of the inserting mechanism .which are normally connected to the shaft 1.4 and are, therefore, constantly in operation are other parts which are brought into and out of operative relation to those constantly operated by means associated. with the shaft 114 whereby the insertion of fastenings may be interrupted or started by effecting the clutching or unclutching of said means from the shaft 114. F or this purpose the improved clutch constituting t e subject-n'latter of the present invention is utilized.

The means through which the mechanisms not constantly connected to the main shaft 14 are brought into operative relation to those which are constantly connected to said shaft comprises, among other elements, a cam disk 194 attached to the driven. member of the clutch now to be described, said cam. disk having formed in and upon it various cams through which movement is imparted to other elements of the actuating means associated therewith. In the illus trated construction the cam disk 194 has formed in it a cam groove 192 in which travels a cam roller upon an arm 188, a horn raising cam 276 against which bears a cam roll 274 carried upon an arm 272, of a three-armed lever fulcrumed at 260 on the machine head and an edge cam with which cooperates a camroll 280 upon an arm 282 attached to a rock-shaft 284 in the machine head. A second arm 262 of the three-armed lever-above referred to is connected to a rod 264 which passes through a block 266 pivotedupon the horn raising lever 224 in the base of the machine. Betweenthe block 266 and a nut 27 0 upon the threaded upper part of the rod 264 is confined a spring 268 by whichyielding clamping pressure is brought to bear upon the work through the horn H connectedby rod 226 to the front end. of the lever 224. For a more detailed description of the. element'sjust referred to reference -may be hadtothe co-pendingapplication aboi e identified; I Inasmuch as the shaft 114,/to which the cam'disk 194 is to be clutched to effect an actuation of the various mechanisms which cooperate in the fastening inserting operation of the machine, rotates once for every six rotations of the main shaft 14, it is im-' portant not only that the cam disk be clutched to the shaft 114 at a particular angle of its rotation, but that a plurality of such selected clutching points be provided in order that a clutching may be effected, if desired, at any rotation of the main shaft 14, since the machine is preferably so constructed that after the parts have been brought into operative relation to each other a fastening will be inserted for every rotation of the main shaft 14. Since, as stated above, the main shaft rotates six times for every rotationofthe shaft 114 it. is" preferable that six clutching point-s be provided, and in the illustrated construction six points are provided. Upon the shaft 114' is carried a hexagonal clutch member 292 between which and a clutch. casing 294 attached to the cam disk 194 arearranged clutch rollers 296. A portion of the interior of the clutch casing 294 is concentric with the shaft 114. Other portions of this interior are, however, eccentric to the shaft 114 and of these portions there are six' located at points apart around the shaft 114. These eccentric portions upon the inner side of the casing 294 are so arranged with respect to the cams upon the cam disk 194 and with respect to the hexagonal member 292 upon the shaft 114 that when one of the rollers 296 is locked between one of the eccentric surfaces and one of the angular portions of the hexagonal member all of the rollers will be similarly locked and the cams upon the cam disk 194 will hear such relation to the main shaft 14 that the parts controlled by said cams will be brought into operative relation to the parts normally driven by the main shaft at the proper times.

The clutching of the cam disk 1.94 to the shaft 114 is elfected through the following mechanism: Loosely mounted upon the end' of the shaft 114 is a roller cage 298 be tween the inwardly projecting portions of which the rollers 296 are confined, and this cage is provided with an arm 300 by which it may be turned to effect a movement of the rollers relatively to the clutch casing 294. The inwardly projecting portions of the roller cage 298 may be provided with springs 301 whereby the rollers may be maintained yieldingly in contact with the opposed faces of the succeeding portions, such springs being likewise shown in the patent to Horton above referred to and con stituting no part of the present invention. Surrounding the clutch casing and confined in a groove near the-outer edge of. it is a spring 302, one ,end'of which bears against \Vl.'llll1 are constantly operated from the clutching of the cam disk 194- to the shaft 114. The cam disk 19 i is however not clutched to the shaft ll/l except when .it is desired either to start the insertion of fas- ;enings or after the insertion of tastcnings \as been started, to stop it. Means is thereore provided for holding the roller cage 298 out of the position in which it cfl'ccts r clutching of the cam disk 19-): to the shaft Ha. Preferably the means for holding the roiiui cage out of the position in which it' oti'ects a clutching of the cam disk 194: to the shaft. .ilt: comprises means for maintaining the rage in clutching relation to the aid disk and shaft, also, when the machine has been rendered operative to insert i.as l'eningz's. and it is desired to insert several. :tasteniugs in succession. The illustrated means oon'xprises a lever 305i pivoted at 260 upon the machine head and forked at its outer end to embrace the roller cage Z98. 'Q'ee. fork member 306 of the lever 304- is arranged to engage the arm 3 t) of the roller cage 298 when the machine is not operative to insert fastcnings and to hold the cage out of the position in which it eti'ccts a clutching of the cam disk 1% to the shaft liti. The rotation of the cam disk 194 throue'h an angle of approximatcly 180 is sulhcient to place all the mechanisms controlled by it in operative relation to these mechanisms the main shaft, and the rotation at the cam disk 1W!- throm gh a. second angle of 28W serves to restore the mechanisms contridlwl by it to thrir inoperative relations to the nicchtmisms operated from the main shaft. it, tiarrc'lim'e, it is desired to insert, several taste'nimrs in succession it is desirable that prorisii-a: be made tor iutcrrimting the rotation of the cam disk till after it has traversed z: 1 ct substantially lid) and for this purpose the other torli member 303 of the lever 313i is provided with a hook 310 which can be moved by the operator into the path of the arm 300 of the roller cage 298 as said cage turns with the clutch casing 29 i utter the cam disk 194 has been clutched to'thc sha'l't 1M.

Means is provided by which the operator can turn the lever 304, to move the fork member 306 out from beneath the arm 300 of the roller casing 398 to permit the spring, 302 to turn the casing in the directmn to effect a. clutching of the cam disk 19-1- to the shaft its} and at the same time move the other fork member 308 into position to bring), its hooked end 310 into the path ofthe arm 300 as the clutched parts loeg rinv to rotate with the roller casin In the machine illustrated in the co-pending application the construction of this means is somewhat complicated, owing to the fact that/ it has functions'which have no bearing upon the present invention, and for convenience dl'UVisiOll therefore only those parts will be described herein which are essential to ellect an operation of the mechanism with which the present invention is more directly concerned. To the other arm of the lever 30a is connected a member 312 having a socket in which is received the upper end of a rod {El-l connected at its lower end to the rear end of a treadle 316, said trcadle being normally n'iaintaincd in its uppermost. position by" a spring not herein illustrated. A collar 3:20 clamped upon the rod 314, is connected by a toggle 322. 3% to the member 312.

' made for preventing breaking of the toggle in one direction. A. spring 328 connected at one end to a hook 330 upon the lower arm of the lever k i and at its other end to a bracket .279 upon the standard .10 tends to move the socket in the member down over the rod 314, thus causing the lover 80+. to turn about its pivot 260, this relative movement of the member 312 and the rod 3L1 being prevented by the toggle 3'22, 324 when it is in its normally straight position.

In the machine disclosed in the ctr-pending application of which this application is 1 division the cams upon the cam disk 19% are so arranged with respect to each other and so shaped that the first three rotations of the main shalt 14. after the cam disk is. clutched to the shaft 1 li are utilized to place the parts cmitrolled by said cams in operative relation to each other and to the parts driven from the shaft l t, and the first fastening partially inserted during the last half of the fourth rotation. it after depressing the trmulle to ellccl: a turning oi the lever lloward the right in Fig. l, and thereby a movement of the fork member see out of clutch releasing position, the operator takes his foot oft from the treadle be'lin'e approximately the end of the third rotation of the main shaft, which takes place a ttcr the clutched parts have begun to rotate together, or after the cam disk til l has turned thrimgli an angle ot suhslantiallv 1S0- the lever 30L will be turned toward the left in Fig. l, the hook member 3H) will be moved out of the path of the arm 5:300, the fork member son will be moved again into said path, and the clutch will not he released until the clutched I parts have made a complete rotation togctlmr.

in the case just described. the \"ill'lljll .mechanisms will be brought into operative relation to each other to ell'cct the insertion of a single fastening and will again be thrown out, of operative relation to each other before a second fastening can be inserted. Ii, however, the operator keeps his foot upon the treadle the hook 31.0 upon the fork member 308 will be maintained in the path of the arm 300 and the cam disk 194: will be unclntched from the shaft 114: near various mechanisms not normally connected to the main shaft 14 in operative relation to the mechanisms normally connected'to said shaft.

The cam 276 by which the horn is raised" has somewhat abrupt changes of direction in its outline especially where it permits the born to drop into work receiving position and therefore when the cam disk has made nearly a complete rotation and has been unclutched from the shaft 11s by the engagement of the fork member 306 of the lever 304 with the arm 300 on the clutch cage 298, the spring 268 which is pressin the roller 274 upon the arm 272 of the tiree'armed lever with considerable force against the cam 276 will tend to make the cam disk 194. turn about the shaft 114 in the direction of rotation of the latter faster than said shaft rotates. To prevent premature lowering of the horn therefore and to prevent atall times such undesirable relative movement of the cam disk 194. to the shaft 114.- in the direction of rotation of the latter, a second clutch has been provided. This clutch is located in the clutch casing 294 and comprises a disk 4H upon the shaft 114, said disk having in its pe ery inclined roller receiving recc s i i which are rollers 41S pressed by springs 42G toward the more shallow parts of said recesses, whereby they tend to become locked between the concentric inner surface of the casing 2% which surrounds the disk 1M and. the bottoms of said recesses. it will be noted that these recesses are so arranged that the locking of the clutch casing 29st to the disk 414- tal-res place only in the direction of rotation of said disk and that therefore the disk is free to rotate relatively to the cam disk 194 when the disk is not clutched to the shaft 114 through the other clutch hcrcinalmiue described.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a machine of the class described, a clutch comprising two concentrically mounted relatively rotatable clutch members, each ha viug eccentric roller engaging surfaces spaced apart equal numbers of degrees about the common center, similarly spaced rollers. and means for moving said rollers into and out of such positions that they will be locked between the eccentric surfaces of the two clutch members when said surfaces are in opposed relation, whereby said clutch members may be clutched together at will when in predetennined angular relations to each other. 7 v

2.. In a machinepf the class described, a dutchcomprising two concentrically mounted relatively rotatable clutch members, each having eccentric roller engaging surfaces spaced apart equal numbers of degrees about the common center, similarly spaced rollers, means for moving said rollers into and out of such positions that they will be locked between the eccentric surfaces of the two clutch members when said surfaces are in opposed relation, and means for preventing movement of the driven clutch member faster than that imparted to it by the driving clutch member.

3. In a machine of the class described, a clutch comprising two concentrically mounted relatively rotatable clutch members, each. having eccentric roller engaging surfaces spaced apart equal numbers of degrees about the common center, similarly spaced rollers adapted to be locked between the eccentric surfaces of the two clutch members when said surfaces are in opposed relation, and means for holding said rollers out of operative relation to the eccentric surfaces and for moving them again into operative relation thereto constructed and arranged to hold said rollers in predetermined relation to the eccentric surfaces of the driven clutch member when it is disconnected from the driving clutch member, whereby said clutch members may be again connected at a predetermined angle of rotation of the driven clutch member.

4. In a machine of the class described in which a'secondary driving member is arranged to be driven from a main driving member at a different speed, a clutch comprising concentrically mounted relatively rotatable clutch members, one of which is connected to said secondary driving member each of said clutch members having a number of roller engaging eccentricities corresponding to the speed ratio between the main driving member and the secondary driving member, said eccentricities being spaced apart equal numbers of degrees about the common center, similarly spaced rollers adapted to be locked between the eccentric surfaces of the two clutch members when said surfaces are in opposed relation, and means for holding said rollers out of operative relation to the eccentric surfaces and for moving them again into operative relation thereto. constructed and arranged to disconnect said clutch members at a predetermined angle of rotation of said main driving member and to hold said rollers in fixed relation to the eccentric surfaces of the driven clutch member while it is disconnected fromthe driving clutch member, whereby said clutch members may be again connected at the same angle of rotation of said main driving memb r.

5. In a machine of the class described, a driving member, a driven member, a clutch through which said driven member may be clutched to said driving member, means tending normally to efl ect the clutching of said members and a single clutch tripping device constructed and arranged to be brought by a single movement in a single direction into a position in which it effects both the actuation of said clutch to connect said members for a predetermined amount of movement and the unclutching of said members at the end of said movement.

6. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination, a driving member and a driven member, a clutch by which said driving member may be connected to said driven member comprising concentric clutch members, interposed rollers 'and a roller cage spring-pressed normally in the clutch actuating direction, and clutch controlling means constructed and arranged to be moved by a single movement in a single direction into such position that it permits the actuation of the clutch and a predetermined amount of movement of the clutched parts and then automatically, without further movement of any part effects an unclutching of said parts.

7. A machine of the class described, haverative connection between said members i comprising concentrically arranged clutch members one of which is carried by said driving member and the other of which is carried by said driven member, rollers intermediate said clutch members, means tending normally to effect a relative movement of said clutch members into clutching engagement with said rollers and clutch tripping means constructed to embrace said clutch and having clutch tripping arms upon opposite sides of the common center of said clutch members so spaced that one is brought into clutch tripping position as the other is moved out of clutch tripping position;

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS A; OASGRAIN. Witnesses:

H. Donsnr SPENCER, JOHN H. McCnnADY. 

